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Eyes on the Street: SF Adds Sidewalk-Level Bike Lanes
Check out these beauties!
Guest Commentary: Traffic Engineers Must Put Safety Over Driver Throughput
No other field would tolerate this level of death and destruction. The tragedy of West Portal is more evidence that the traffic engineering profession is fundamentally broken.
Commentary: The West Portal Tragedy and the Unfathomable Cost of Motordom
Unrestricted driving, wide forgiving roads, little to no physical infrastructure to force speed reductions, and no real police enforcement—this is the predictable and inevitable result.
An Update on California’s High-Speed Rail Project
Diridon Station, Salesforce Transit Center, the Portal tunnel, Caltrain electrification—SPUR hosts a panel about all the connections and projects that will together make up the Bay Area's future rail system.
American-Dutch Engineer Calls Out Root Problem with American DOTs
There's a big problem at SFMTA and other American DOTs. And it starts with the education and licensing of engineers.
Op-ed: Transportation Activists Sometimes Also Need to be Detectives
Training is important, but requiring a license to ride a e-bike would have other negative consequences.
Commentary: Why We Need Concrete Barrier ‘Speed Limiters’
The low-tech solution to ending reckless driving and traffic violence is all around us. What we lack is the political will to use it.
Review: Amtrak California Passengers are Starving for New Trains
A look at Amtrak's new 'Venture' car rolling stock on the train that runs between Oakland and Bakersfield.
Bill to Consolidate all Bay Area Transit Agencies?
Seamless Bay Area, chief advocacy group for transit rationalization and coordination, has pushed for a regional network manager, an umbrella organization, to make transit appear unified and "seamless" for users. A new bill seemingly aims to take that a step further and fully consolidate the 27 transit agencies. Seamless Bay Area gives its take.
S.F. Journalist Fans Anti-Bike Hate
Advocates were outraged by Friday's feature story that repeats the tired stereotype of the scofflaw, Spandex-clad cyclist.